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hardly bear the hardship here. Mary & Calvert came down from Fishkill and I was glad to be with them after Mr. Sewall left. 

Tuesday Dec 12. 1876. Booth came late but gave me a good sitting. I put him in a different light and changed the whole face and succeeded in pleasing him very much. He thinks it the best expression of his Hamlet he has ever seen. I am not satisfied but he doesnt want me to touch it. Mary, Calvert and Burger dined with me. Had a letter from Gertrude written last night in which she said Uncle Charles was barely alive and they looked momentarily for his death. Mary Calvert and I went around to Mr & Mrs Fields where we met Mrs [[?]] who told me she had seen Uncle Charles' death in the Post this evening. It shocked me greatly although I had been prepared. I presume I will go up home tomorrow. I promised Booth I would drop in at the theatre to see Iago and I did and went to his room to tell him of my uncles death and that I would probably go home tomorrow. I felt very little like going to the theatre but as I am to paint him in this character and cannot see him again I went from a sense of duty. 

Monday Dec. 18. I went home Wednesday morning Julia & Maurice accompanying me. Went down to Uncle Charles' immediately. Saw John Julia & Lily. John took me in the parlor and showed me his father in his coffin. It was all so strange and sudden that I could hardly realize that this active man who had been so near to me all my life was gone forever. The funeral took place on Thursday. He was buried in Montrepose. The next day I took a walk around back of the cemetery. I saw his grave at a distance. The sun was shining on it and it did not seem that he was to remain there forever. I felt inexpressibly sad